Plan to have BOU pay heavily Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE AND ISAAC KHISA | Real estate tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia has won a major case in the High Court in Kampala that could see the Bank of Uganda pay him billions of shillings in costs and compensation for lost business …
Read More »Bahamas braces as monster Hurricane Dorian heads for US mainland
Miami, United States | AFP | Hurricane Dorian roared Sunday towards the Bahamas as the island chain braced for a devastating direct hit, before the monster storm churns up the US coast from Florida towards the Carolinas. Barreling in from the Atlantic Ocean, the core of the extremely dangerous Category 4 …
Read More »Trump moves ahead with new tariffs on Chinese products
Washington, United States | AFP | Washington moved ahead Sunday with new tariffs on Chinese imports as it stepped up a high-pressure campaign aimed at coercing Beijing to sign a new trade deal even amid fears of a further slowing of US and world growth. The additional 15 percent tariffs, affecting …
Read More »Britons protest Johnson’s Brexit ‘coup’ move
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Protesters wielding pro-democracy placards and EU flags rallied on Saturday in dozens of British cities against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial move to suspend parliament just weeks before Brexit. In the biggest demonstration, thousands of whistle-blowing, drum-banging people gathered raucously outside the gates of Downing …
Read More »In post-Bashir Sudan, change comes in many guises
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Earlier this year, hairdresser Mazen Kamal was stopped by paramilitary forces on a street in Khartoum for having long hair and was shaved on the spot. Now the barbershop he works in is seeing an influx of young men coming for modern hairstyles that would have …
Read More »‘Amazing’ Osaka thrashes tearful Gauff at US Open as Nadal coasts
New York, United States | AFP | Defending champion Naomi Osaka consoled a tearful Coco Gauff after a crushing US Open victory Saturday in a showdown billed as “the future of women’s tennis” while Rafael Nadal cruised into the last 16. World number one Osaka overpowered 15-year-old Gauff 6-3, 6-0 in …
Read More »Bahamas, Florida in path of ‘dangerous’ Hurricane Dorian
Miami, United States | AFP | Hurricane Dorian strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” storm on Friday as it bore down on the Bahamas and the east coast of the US state of Florida. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis urged residents of the Atlantic Ocean archipelago in the path of the “very …
Read More »Masaka voters reject proposed restrictions on independents
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The proposal that seeks to regulate independent candidates in political contestation has meet stiff resistance during the Masaka regional consultations on the Electoral Reforms bill. On Friday, the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee held a public meeting at Masaka District council hall to solicit public …
Read More »Arsenal sense chance to further unsettle Spurs
Londres, United Kingdom | AFP | Arsenal used to take ruling the roost over Tottenham for granted, but the balance of power has swung Spurs’ way over the past three seasons as they have become north London’s Champions League regulars. Sunday’s derby clash between the two offers the Gunners an early …
Read More »Tororo councilors deny parliamentary legal committee access to council hall
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was drama at Tororo district headquarters on Friday when councilors blocked the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee from accessing the council hall. The committee was in the district to conduct a public hearing on the proposed Electoral reforms in Bukedi sub region. Earlier in …
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